Rain Rain, Go Away!

Rain rain go away, come again another day. Preferably, a day when we haven’t planned a barbecue please.

It has rained a lot though, hasn’t it? Like, a lot a lot. Almost every day in the last week for us, and the days ahead aren’t looking much better. In fact, if I look at BBC Weather for the next week, it’s all grey, clouds and rain.

Of course, being British, I’ve come to expect nothing more from the summer weather. But is it really too much to ask to have a picnic without having to bring the umbrellas, ‘just incase’.

We’ve been out for a few picnics this week. Most of them were Pokemon motivated, because if you’re going to hang out at a pokestop you might as well bring food, right? We don’t want to let the weather dictate where and when we can play Pokemon, so we’ve been braving the grey skies. Lets just say we’ve been glad of our decision to bring our brollies with us.

I took this photo on one of our outings, and it really makes me giggle. While others were running for their cars at the first droplet of water falling from the sky, we chose to stand defiant in the face of mother nature. ‘No, we won’t let you ruin our summer you miserable old so and so.’ Jokes aside, this really has been our week. Propping our umbrellas over us like a makeshift tent, as we sit on an ever dampening picnic blanket trying to get as many pokeballs as we can before home time. (Hey, I’m not sure I mentioned this, but we’re kind of in to Pokemon Go at the moment?)

Unfortunately, even this fun activity might be at its end, for now at least. Not long after this photo was taken, the waterproof lining of our picnic blanket ripped beyond repair. We weren’t very impressed, having paid a tenner for it only a few weeks ago! Without it’s lining it’s virtually unusable, particularly in the current climate. I don’t fancy a soggy bum every time I sit down for a sandwich! To top it off, my umbrella went skew-whiff too, and ended up in the bin once we got home.

In all seriousness though, I really do hope the rain buggers off for a bit. We have such much we want to do over the summer, and so far it’s been a bit of a wash out. An umbrella and wellies are great for the odd outing, but being soaked through every time you go out is no fun at all. So, if everyone could get outside and start begging the sky spirits for some sunshine, Mama would be one happy lemur.

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Oh what a shame your week has been full of rain, but well done for sticking it out as much as you can. We’ve not had that much rain, one day it was on and off and one day very wet. But we still had dry days at the beginning of the week even if it was a little dull. We’ve only had one day out though, thankfully it was a dry one!Anne recently posted…Boo’s 9th Birthday

Love that photo! Of course you’d brave it for a pokestop, perfectly understandable! Here’s hoping for sunshine next week. Thanks for sharing with #WotWThe Reading Residence recently posted…Word of the Week 29/7/16

I think we’ve been quite lucky with the weather this week although the rain has arrived today! Sorry to hear about your picnic blanket though – how frustrating – but glad to hear you aren’t letting the rain stop you in your hunt for Pokemon! 🙂Louise (Little Hearts, Big Love) recently posted…The Friday Focus 29/07/2016 – Having fun out and about

Oh no! We haven’t had rain here during the day but it has rained most evenings this week…..
It does sound like you haven’t let the rain spoil your fun though…Kim Carberry recently posted…A Wonderful Week! #WotW

Come to think of it we stayed inside a lot than we planned to this week! But we always try to enjoy those windows when its not raining and we go out. It it a bit cold outside but at least we got to enjoy some outside time!

This sounds like us a couple of weeks ago. It was awful and I found myself just wishing for some dry weather at least. I love the picture of the umbrella’s! Good for you though for giving it a good go and getting out in the rain. Hope the weather turns around for you soon. xxTanita recently posted…What is Bargain Buys For Busy Mums?

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